In 2009, the Atlanta Audubon Society launched a program that tailors lessons to a teacher’s curriculum and goes to the school to teach students about birds. Now, the group plans to revise the program with proceeds of a $99,980 gift from a private Atlanta family foundation.
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MAP Disaster Kits
The anniversaries of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria remind us of how dramatically our lives can change with the weather from climate-controlled comfort to calamity in a matter of hours. No matter what form catastrophe strikes, MAP’s first question is always, “How can we best help those most affected?” While we assess the need for […]
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New Kathryn Johnston park a link in flood relief efforts along Boone Boulevard
Residents of Westside Atlanta envisioned the newly named Kathryn Johnston Memorial Park as a site to help curb persistent flooding in the English Avenue neighborhood long before plans for a park were conceived, Park Pride Executive Director Michael Halicki said Thursday.
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Talk of “second airport,” state control of Hartsfield starts in state Capitol
Atlanta never stops crowing about having the world’s busiest airport — and it hasn’t been interested in a second one. But that “second airport” idea turned up several times in a state Capitol hearing called by legislators who are looking at the feasibility of a state takeover of Hartsfield-Jackson’s management.
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Proposed Gulch redo draws questions at first Atlanta City Council review
Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms went to Atlanta City Council on Tuesday to make the case that a proposed Gulch rebuild with heavy public incentives is a good deal. A nearly three-hour Council work session revealed some agreement with that, but a lot of skepticism too.
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Plant Vogtle: Vote to halt or continue construction expected by Sept. 30, rating action says
A vote on whether construction will continue at troubled Plant Vogtle is expected to come before its four co-owners by Sept. 30, according to a rating action issued by Moody’s Investors Service.
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Leadership Trainings Builds Stronger Arts Communities
By Lara Smith, Managing Director of Dads GaragePeek into the business world and you’ll see executive of all types enrolling in leadership training courses. Listen to the radio and you’ll inevitably hear calls to enroll in some weekend course on leadership: Leadership for Women, Leading your Sales Team, Leading other Leaders, etc. You can take […]
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Building Atlanta Together
A first look at The Home Depot Backyard By John Ahmann On Friday, August 17, for our 15th Transform Westside Summit of 2018, WFF had the honor of hosting more than 150 attendees, ranging from Westside residents to members from across the city’s public, private and nonprofit sectors. What they witnessed was yet another […]
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City audit looks at the state of affordable housing
A new report shows affordable housing is disproportionately distributed in Atlanta and recommends keeping housing “affordable” for longer.
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In a combustible summer, signs of a global crisis
n South Korea this summer, mosquitoes are dying from the heat and BMWs have been banned because they keep catching fire. In North Korea, meanwhile, the crops are failing. These are splinters of what has been the biggest story in the world this year, just about everywhere but the United States.
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How HouseATL Aims to Help Shape Atlanta’s Housing Future
From the diminishing supply of affordable units, to funding mechanisms for development and preservation, to issues of gentrification and displacement – housing affordability continues to be a central issue to achieving equity in metro Atlanta. At our last housing forum, we learned about taskforce efforts throughout the region – with a specific focus on Brookhaven, […]
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Atlanta’s latest civil, human rights memorial: Kathryn Johnston Memorial Park
The newly named Kathryn Johnston Memorial Park will forever remind that crimes against humanity still occur, and that strong community leaders prevented Johnston’s death by police bullets from becoming the catalyst for civil disturbances that could have rocked the city, according to Atlanta City Councilmember Ivory Young, Jr.
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Beyond the End of the Road: Providing Health Services To Marginalized Rural Populations
By: Olusimbo Ige, MD,MS,MPH, Executive Director, Global Health Unit, Global Ministries When Jean Shailunga of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) contracted cholera, he was more fortunate than many of his neighbors in the rural community of the North Katanga Province. The change-maker for Shailunga was the 16-day cholera treatment he received at a Kizanga […]
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Journalists are not enemies of the people, but writers for the people
It’s no accident that the First Amendment of our nation’s Bill of Rights protected the freedom of the press and the freedom of speech. It is fundamental to our democracy and to what makes the United States special.
So it is distressing to hear President Donald Trump call the press the “enemy of the people” when the reverse is actually true.
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Centennial Grant Update: The Institute on Healthcare and Human Trafficking
By Cailin Copan-Kelly, Associate Development Officer, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta One year ago, the Junior League of Atlanta awarded one of its Centennial grants to Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. This funding has had a transformational impact, enabling Children’s to launch the virtual Institute on Healthcare and Human Trafficking (the Institute), which is part of the […]
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A question for Georgia voters: set aside money for land stewardship?
Every year, the partisans of countless causes push for state funding; some win and some lose. A question on Georgia ballots would put land conservation and stewardship a step above that fight, by setting aside part of an existing tax to pay for it.
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READY FOR MORE? MARTA WANTS TO KNOW
MARTA Riders Encouraged to Provide Feedback on Proposed More MARTA Atlanta Projects More MARTA Atlanta, a partnership between MARTA and the City of Atlanta, is blitzing the city to make a final push to engage and hear from MARTA riders regarding the More MARTA Atlanta proposed project list. On Wednesday, Aug. 22 from 2 – 6 […]
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We’re changing the philanthropy game
The world’s largest nonprofit and one of the world’s most innovative companies are teaming up to provide a new way for employees to engage in philanthropy. United Way of Greater Atlanta and Salesforce.org’s Philanthropy Cloud connects employees, customers, and partners to the causes they are most passionate about. Philanthropy Cloud makes it easy to get […]
